San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-22

kiss ratified this silent promise.
''Put on that pretty lilac dress, Martie,
Monday morning, and meet me at 8
O'Clock just beyond the Swayle brook, and
in one hour we will be one, and say moth
ing to anybody. Oh. yes; one other
thing. Will you trust the children to me
to bring up9 VIII you give them into my
guardianship completely Answer yes,
without question"
"Why certainly. Since vel
"Al right. Now must really 60, for
there's thousand things to do. You
will be there''' and ns she answered yes,
he caught her plump little form to his
heart again, and kissed her again for
goodby; and he leaped the fence at O
bound, and in few minutes was at home
about his 'chores," with light heart, for
he loved Martio truly and well, and he
now saw his way to happiness with the
one girl he loved.
Sunday he went away In the morning,
and was gone all day, and only returned
in time for supper.
After the table was cleared, and Mrs.
Hemphill sat down to rest, with clean
pocket handkerchief folded over her knees,
to save her black silk dress, and her Bible
in her hands, for she always held her
Bible thus every Sunday evening, though
no one could remember ever seeing her
read in 1t, Jabez arose from his seat and
walked up and down the room in silence.
His mother watched him uneasily.
At last he spoke
Mother, am thinking Of getting mar
ried."
1t was out at lastl
Hcr fenr xyas we'll placed. and the shock
was great.
Mother, how would You like Lucinda
Rosencrants for u daughterr'
In all her imaginings she had never let
her fancy run riot to an extent that could
have permitted Lucinda Rosencrants to
enter her head as the possible choice OF
her son.
Pretty enough, but coarse and ignorant;
daughter OF TWO idle, dissoiute parents;
lazy and sloyenly herself, and fond OF
things that Mrs. Hemphill abhorred, II is
no wonder that she sat pale and shocked
and speechless.
OF all the girls that she knew, or had
ever heard OF, Lucinda was the last one
that she would nave chosen, ana sne couio
noS sI peu' thorcht ~, vor ,,tod Morthv >, sbe
ooid trorn,,,onsIv
sr do i;to Mortbo. but vou so,d ao
r,,,ch,,-
at rotbor ror,d n n;ctod ber or,t,,
.,cha rof,sod mo !,
"Refused voul ouess vou,re as good
M shn onr t,,no Anv 9oI ought 10 no
nSo,,d Us 1dV 20 ans 1s. vn,, % my s"i ' ~ -
p "She diJ not think so. and her refusal
d,d e not 'u hnrt ' me- c iong w What do Won
thi,, ~ Incipdo,,,
ssO, Iahez don,t ,sk never con
,,,,a T., 20 your morrving into that awfnl
FAMILY .fnst think of what n set they
arn snd Tnc,nJa,Il be inst the same
The-c amt enotber Girl that can hold n
candle 10 Nartbv n n wasn't for them
tba-a ch;ldren ),
ssSto Gov, tbsr, oil arv,v vester,lav 7
boord 70 a ouardian y
s.Iahez dony Won think vou could
,ho,s,o her resoIutionS Yo mint bound Ia
1-c,ndv be vo,,i
tsYo-, troxy ,no,hor nexer break INV
,rord ;,
Mrs Uemphill nroaned.
ssI,d rn,hsr Won had n took Marthy
v,,,b ton % yoI,1,g ms 20 feed and raise than
Lucindy," and she began 20 cry, where
upon Jabez hurried OH.
The next morning yabes was gone, no
one knew where, and the whole farm
seemed TO want him back; though II was
MONDAY, there was no WORK done, ana
Mr.. and Mrs Hemphill sat de1ectly IN the
"best room"
FEATHER said at last knocking tne
ashes out of his pipe;
81 knowed Saturday that sumpin was